Academies and free schools
Fact checks focused on academies and maintained schools
Are grammar schools facing a crisis of funding?
English grammar schools received around £700 less state funding per pupil than other state schools in 2016/17.
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Spending on schools in England
Real-terms per pupil funding for schools stayed at roughly the same level from 2010/11 to 2015/16, and fell after that. Since 2017/18 it has flattened out.
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Academies and maintained schools: what do we know?
A look at the evidence on how academies perform compared to local authority schools.
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Most, but not all, free schools help meet demand for school places
To set up a free school in England you need to show that there’s parental demand, and either a basic shortage of places or a lack of good school places …
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How do selective school ratings compare?
A greater proportion of grammar schools are rated “outstanding” or “good” by Ofsted than the proportion of all UK state schools rated in these top two categories.
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EU immigration, housing and schools: Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on academies, school spending, EU immigration and housing in London.
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17 March's BBC Question Time, factchecked
We've checked the panel's claims on disability benefits, government borrowing, childhood obesity, and academies.
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Jobs, pollution, and academies: Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on employment figures, pollution, renewable energy, gun crime, and academies.
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Clash of the manifestos: the running of academies
Academies, including free schools, are directly accountable to the Secretary of State for Education, while all other state-funded schools are accountable to local authorities.
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